Khaled Meshal

Chronology of Coverage

Jan. 10, 2013

Palestinian Authority Pres Mahmoud Abbas meets in Cairo with Khaled Meshal, political chief of rival Hamas, but it is unclear if they are able to overcome any of differences that have fueled bitter five-year feud. MORE

Dec. 9, 2012

Khaled Meshal, political leader of Hamas, gives defiant speech vowing to build Islamic Palestinian state on all the land of Israel, West Bank and Gaza Strip; speech is given to celebrate 25th anniversary of founding of Hamas. MORE

Dec. 8, 2012

Khaled Meshal, long-exiled leader of militant group Hamas, enters Gaza for first time in symbolically powerful visit that seeks to reinforce Hamas’s contention that it was victorious in eight-day clash with Israel. MORE

Nov. 29, 2012

Khaled Meshal, leader of Hamas, revives long-percolating proposal for his militant party to join Palestine Liberation Organization, group that, with Israel, signed Oslo Accord, which Hamas has long derided. MORE

Oct. 3, 2012

Syrian state television issues attack against Khaled Meshal, leader of the Palestinian militant group Hamas, accusing him of selling out to Israel and trading in resistance for power; attack follows Meshal's appeared at a conference with both Turkish Prime Min Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Egyptian Pres Mohamed Morsi, who oppose Syrian Pres Bashar al-Assad, a self-styled champion of Palestine against Israel. MORE

Jan. 30, 2012

Hamas leader Khaled Meshal makes rare visit to Jordan, days after Hamas officials signal that he had effectively abandoned the group's base in Damascus, Syria's capital city; visit is first official one by a Hamas leader since 1999, when the Jordanian government shut down Hamas headquarters, forcing group to relocate to Damascus. MORE

Jan. 28, 2012

Hamas leader Khaled Meshal effectively abandons his longtime base in Damascus, Syria, where a popular uprising has left thousands dead, and signals that he has no plans to return. MORE

Jan. 22, 2012

Hamas announces that its political leader Khaled Meshal will not seek re-election, opening the door to a possible leadership contest and adding to the uncertainty enveloping the militant group at a time of regional turmoil; Meshal has led the group's political bureau since 1996. MORE

Nov. 25, 2011

Palestinian Authority Pres Mahmoud Abbas and Hamas leader Khaled Meshal meet and decide to go ahead with elections in the Palestinian territories, but fail to resolve differences over an interim unity government to prepare for the vote; it is the first meeting between the two men since they signed a reconciliation accord in May. MORE

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Foreign Desk

Over many years, it has been an open secret in the Middle East that Israel and Jordan have quietly cooperated on a host of covert projects. And so, diplomats here say, King Hussein was not surprised on Sept. 25 when Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called to ask that he immediately meet Israel's chief spymaster. Danni Yatom, the head of Israel's Mossad intelligence agency, was a frequent, if unheralded, visitor to Amman, according to the diplomats. The King assumed he would be discussing a new peace overture relating to Hamas, the radical Palestinian Islamic group, which had taken responsibility for two devastating suicide-bombings in Jerusalem over the summer.